SOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: T-Shirt, Role Conflict, Erving Goffman
16 Sep 2016
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Taking the role of others (thinking about other people & how they think of us) Future & planning---birth and death: conformity + order + individuality. The social self---george herbert mead: established the concept of social self (how we become who we are through human interaction) I---subject me---object: action and thinking is not a separate thing (conjoined, self is not a thing---it is a process. Multiple consciousness (competing choices: role conflict, the double-bind (who"s blame should you take?) W. e. b. dubois (1878-1963: double consciousness for african american. The two consciousness: everybody (white people) vs. black. Different criteria for certain group of people. (black) Interaction (everyday practices of conforming some shows we put on) Goffman: the daily expression which does not have a real meaning serves as. Serve notes to prove that you know what you have done and you are normal. Human"s interpretation is 24-7 non-stop (we interpret in certain context)
